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Our aim is to make any advertisements you see feel as natural to Instagram as the photos and videos many of you already enjoy from your favorite brands. Their

Our aim is to make any advertisements you see feel as natural to Instagram as the photos and videos many of you already enjoy from your favorite brands. Their stated goal should be despised and pariahed, and yet they are proud. This is the problem with Google, Facebook, and now Instagram. There is absolutely no separation of content from ads, and they do exactly as much as law will permit. I've been deeply disappointed in all of the spam coming out of Google these days - they flood inboxes with spam from Google Play and other services, and it's a travesty for the brand. It's a little funny to watch the GMail team fighting the spam hydra, within Google itself.

spindritf 13y ago
Matches: from:(Google+) Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "google+" This is really not a big deal. Yes, sure, they should figure out what you want to see when you want to see it but they have a limited ability to read your mind for now so requiring a little cooperation from you is not a reason to be deeply disappointed. I'm pretty sure there are people who genuinely cherish getting a notification about being added to a circle. We're just not among them.
immy 13y ago
It doesn't necessarily have to suck like Facebook feed. I never despised placement advertising in TV shows.
resu_nimda 13y ago
> There is absolutely no separation of content from ads, and they do exactly as much as law will permit. That's one perspective, that it's manipulative to mix the ads in with the content. But from another perspective, they're trying to raise the quality of the ad "experience." One of the main reasons internet ads are so annoying is because most of them are irritating eyesores that are irrelevant to my life. On Facebook, though, I sometimes gain useful information from ads about local events and things I'm interested in. And the ads bother me less because they stick out less, while still being clearly identifiable.
itsdevlin 13y ago
The problem isn't that there are ads juxtaposed against content, it's that historically, the ads have been fucking awful. Open up a GQ, Vogue, or Condé Nast Traveler. Look where the ads are and how many there are. It's quite possible that ads act as content, and have for quite some time in traditional publishing.

spindritf 13y ago

Matches: from:(Google+) Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "google+" This is really not a big deal. Yes, sure, they should figure out what you want to see when you want to see it but they have a limited ability to read your mind for now so requiring a little cooperation from you is not a reason to be deeply disappointed. I'm pretty sure there are people who genuinely cherish getting a notification about being added to a circle. We're just not among them.

immy 13y ago

It doesn't necessarily have to suck like Facebook feed. I never despised placement advertising in TV shows.

resu_nimda 13y ago

> There is absolutely no separation of content from ads, and they do exactly as much as law will permit. That's one perspective, that it's manipulative to mix the ads in with the content. But from another perspective, they're trying to raise the quality of the ad "experience." One of the main reasons internet ads are so annoying is because most of them are irritating eyesores that are irrelevant to my life. On Facebook, though, I sometimes gain useful information from ads about local events and things I'm interested in. And the ads bother me less because they stick out less, while still being clearly identifiable.

itsdevlin 13y ago

The problem isn't that there are ads juxtaposed against content, it's that historically, the ads have been fucking awful. Open up a GQ, Vogue, or Condé Nast Traveler. Look where the ads are and how many there are. It's quite possible that ads act as content, and have for quite some time in traditional publishing.